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A HIGH RESOLUTION DOWNLOAD IS ALSO AVAILABLE, PLEASE EMAIL FOR INFO. The Khoikhoi ("people people" or "real people") or Khoi were a division of the Khoisan ethnic group of south-western Africa, closely related to the Bushmen (San in the Khoi language). Khoikhoi is sometimes spelt KhoeKhoe. At the time of the arrival of white settlers in 1652 the Khoikhoi had lived in southern Africa for about 30,000 years, and practised extensive pastoral agriculture in the Cape region. They were traditionally - and are still occasionally in colloquial language - known to white colonists as the Hottentots, a name that is nowadays described as "offensive" by the Oxford Dictionary of South African English. The word "hottentot" meant "stutterer" in the colonists' northern dialect of Dutch, although the Dutch use the word "stotteraar" more to describe the clicking sounds typically used in the Khoisan languages. The word lives on, however, in the names of several African animal and plant species, such as the Hottentot Fig or Carpobrotus Fig, Carpobrotus edulis. Khoikhoi social organisation was profoundly damaged and, in the end, destroyed by white colonial expansion and land seizure from the late seventeenth century onwards, which ended traditional Khoikhoi pastoral life. As social structures broke down, some Khoikhoi people settled on farms and became bondsmen or farm workers; others were incorporated into existing clan and family groups of the Xhosa people.Although there is no longer an ethnic group in southern Africa with an exclusively Khoikhoi identity, mixed race groups such as the Coloured people of the Cape area; the Griqua people of the Western Cape and the Oorlams people of Namibia all possess Khoikhoi heritage or ancestry, as do many Xhosa people of the Eastern Cape, and some people who identify as white South Africans. DATE OF PRINT 1832 PUBLISHER THOMAS KELLY PAGE SIZE: approx 10 1/2 INCHES x 8 1/2 INCHES IMAGE SIZE: approx 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 INCHES CONDITION ENGRAVING. Blank on the back. Excellent condition. Heavier paper. Suitable ageing. The image is clean, clear and sharp with beautiful depth and detail. As scanned. This beautiful rare item would look great matted and framed. An art supply store can provide you with a selection of frames for old art treasures.NOTE THE FOLLOWING BEFORE YOU PURCHASE: This is a GENUINE ANTIQUE PRINT. It is NOT a modern reproduction, ie. a laser scan, photocopy etc. This print was published on the date mentioned, or circa of the date mentioned at the top of the page. The term "print" is referred to an image on a piece of paper. The print I have for sale, like many antique prints, originate from an antique book publication. The publication may not always be known. If you have any questions, emails are welcome. Seller Inventory # 9175
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